Sports today, Nov. 13: NBA, NFL, NHL and WTA Finals

The Detroit Pistons needed two overtimes to beat the Washington Wizards 144-140 on the road Thursday, Nov. 12, the longest game of the NBA night. The same evening, the Washington Commanders beat the New York Giants 24-21 as the visitors, opening the NFL's weekly slate. In tennis, Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula both won their round-robin matches at the WTA Finals in Indian Wells, and the NHL played 11 games. Today, Friday, Nov. 13, the schedule has nine NBA games, Aryna Sabalenka against Elina Svitolina at the WTA Finals and the ATP semifinals in Stockholm. Scores and schedules come from ESPN, compiled by RaisLife, and all times are Brasília time.

NBA: Pistons win in two overtimes; Timberwolves win by 39

Washington and Detroit were tied 121-121 after regulation. The first overtime ended 11-11, and the visitors only settled it in the second, 12-8. In Minneapolis, the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Dallas Mavericks 133-94, a 39-point margin. The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 123-112, and the Phoenix Suns topped the Charlotte Hornets 101-96.

Nine games are on the schedule today. At 9 p.m., the Indiana Pacers face the New York Knicks and the Orlando Magic play the Milwaukee Bucks. Three games start at 10 p.m.: Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks and New Orleans Pelicans vs. Memphis Grizzlies. The Houston Rockets host the Utah Jazz at 10:30 p.m., and San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors tips off at 11:30 p.m. The night wraps up after midnight, early Saturday (Nov. 14), with Sacramento Kings vs. Portland Trail Blazers at midnight and LA Clippers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder at 12:30 a.m. The full schedule is on RaisLife's NBA page.

NFL: Commanders edge the Giants by three

Thursday night's game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was scoreless in the first quarter. Washington led 10-7 at halftime, and each team scored seven points in each of the last two quarters, which kept the margin at 24-21. The week continues Sunday (Nov. 15) with 12 games, the first of them Detroit Lions vs. New England Patriots at 11:30 a.m. in Munich, Germany. Baltimore Ravens vs. Los Angeles Chargers closes the round Monday (Nov. 16) at 10:15 p.m. (NFL on RaisLife).

Tennis: Gauff and Pegula win at the WTA Finals; Fritz and Musetti reach the Stockholm semifinals

Gauff beat Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. Pegula needed three sets against Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic: she won the first in a tiebreak, lost the second 6-4 and took the third 7-5. Round-robin play continues today with Russia's Mirra Andreeva against Czech player Karolina Muchova at 5 p.m., and Belarus's Sabalenka against Ukraine's Svitolina at 6:30 p.m. Draws and groups are on RaisLife's WTA page.

At the Bybit Stockholm Open, Italy's Lorenzo Musetti beat France's Ugo Humbert 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. American Taylor Fritz advanced without playing after Denmark's Holger Rune withdrew. The two meet today at 1 p.m. for a place in the final. The other semifinal, between Chile's Alejandro Tabilo and Argentina's Thiago Agustin Tirante, began in the morning and was still in progress when this article was filed (ATP on RaisLife).

At the DIRECTV Open in Colombia, Canada's Bianca Andreescu reached the semifinals when Spain's Marina Bassols Ribera retired while Andreescu led 6-4, 4-2. American Elizabeth Mandlik beat Spain's Andrea Lazaro Garcia 6-0, 7-6, Czech player Laura Samson beat Spain's Irene Burillo 7-5, 6-3, and Slovenia's Polona Hercog knocked out France's Alice Tubello 6-2, 6-3. The semifinals are today: Samson vs. Mandlik at noon and Hercog vs. Andreescu at 1:30 p.m.

NHL: Jets score eight in Dallas; Blues win in a shootout after a 0-0 game

The Winnipeg Jets trailed 2-0 after the first period, scored five goals in the second and beat the Dallas Stars 8-3 on the road. The Florida Panthers also came back: down 4-2 to the Detroit Red Wings entering the third period, they won 5-4. In Salt Lake City, the Utah Mammoth and St. Louis Blues went scoreless through regulation and overtime, and the Blues took a 1-0 win in the shootout.

Two other games were decided in overtime. The Ottawa Senators beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2. The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1, a day after their 8-3 win over the Sabres. The Montreal Canadiens (over the Boston Bruins), Minnesota Wild (over the Toronto Maple Leafs) and New York Islanders (over the Los Angeles Kings) all won by the same 5-2 score, each of them on the road. The New Jersey Devils also beat the Washington Capitals 5-2, at home. In Helsinki, Finland, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1.

Today's slate is short. Vancouver Canucks vs. New York Rangers starts at 11 p.m., and Vegas Golden Knights vs. Nashville Predators at midnight, early Saturday. The Hurricanes and Kraken meet again in Helsinki on Saturday at 3 p.m. (NHL on RaisLife).

UFC 334 is this Saturday in New York

UFC 334 is set for Saturday (Nov. 14) in New York, with the first fights at 7 p.m. The two scheduled for five rounds, Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit at heavyweight and Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes at women's bantamweight, are on the 11 p.m. block. The full card, including the Brazilian fighters on the bill, is in the UFC 334 preview and on RaisLife's UFC page.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, NBA main page
• ESPN Brasil, NFL
• ESPN Brasil, tennis scores and draws
• ESPN Brasil, NHL
• ESPN Brasil, MMA and UFC
• RaisLife Sports, scores and schedules

Data checked on Nov. 13, 2026, at 11:50 a.m. (Brasília time). Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/esportes.